Mechanical hard disks have reached some great heights in terms of both performance and storage. They are great when you require low cost and large quantities of space. They are very inferior though, when compared to Solid State Drives, or SSD's. In fact Storage Review noted a couple of really important differences in their article SSD vs. Hdd:
SSD boot time is 20-30 … [Read more...]

System administrators really despise redundant work. A lot of what a quality IT department does is automate and integrate systems to require less input from a user to perform their job function. Imagine maintaining 2, 3 or even 4 different sets of user accounts and passwords. Or worse, imagine not having a user experience be unique because the overhead to maintain it is too … [Read more...]

CIMCO software provides language localization for close to two dozen languages for all of their products. There is one area that just having a translation is not enough. Machine Data Collection is almost a living organism, we add new downtime reasons and data points based on our unique needs, equipment and internal benchmarks. So when you are collecting data from multiple … [Read more...]

Recently I had a customer contact me about an issue they were having with files with the extension .eia and CIMCO Editor. Their CAM software was outputting the file as .eia but CIMCO Editor was saving it with a .nc extension tacked on the end. It's actually very easy to add additional formats to CIMCO Editor, including .eia or anything else, so that you can retain the file … [Read more...]

Since 2006, I cannot recall a more exciting time as a CIMCO Software re-seller. Version 8 of CIMCO Software is out, vastly improved, proven and stable, including numerous new features and a modernized interface. Machine Simulation is in the works for CIMCO Editor. Finally today I am pleased to share that the greatly enhanced CIMCO Machine Data Collection software, MDC-Max, is … [Read more...]

Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? - Roy Trenneman
Fixing a software issue isn't always as easy as just restarting a computer. That is a great way to temporarily fix some problems such as a memory leak or a random one time issue. In the real world your issues are likely to be more involved, so we've compiled a few of our favorite tips and most common … [Read more...]

CNC machines are becoming more capable paving the way for fewer operations as well as more efficient machining methods. This is often exacerbated by the difficulty producing a quality post processor for these machines. As a result there has become a growing need to perform more validation to ensure that the moving parts are not colliding and causing costly downtime and damage. … [Read more...]

Thank you for taking the first step on your route to using the worlds best CNC Editor. You're probably several weeks into your trial version or possibly working off a temporary file provided when you initiated the purchasing process. Odds are at this point you already know what you're planning to use the Editor for be it backplotting your files, editing, reviewing or even … [Read more...]

CIMCO Software manager currently only contains the CIMCO License Manager, during the complete re-work of the licensing system in CIMCO V8 it was plugged in to this new interface. In the future the Software Manager will expand to provide more enterprise management for your CIMCO Software. Before we get started, you will want to make sure that you have a valid V8 key file with … [Read more...]